Molasses in January.(Food)(An old-fashioned syrup deserves rediscovery in winter kitchens)(Recipe)

From: The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) | Date: January 23, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: KIMBER WILLIAMS The Register-Guard

JANUARY is a molasses kind of month - when plunging temperatures nudge us to crank up ovens, crack open cookbooks and get down to the business of baking.

When life slows to ... well, a molasses sort of post-holiday pace, with newfound time to fashion homemade breads and baked sweets - dense and warm and satisfying against the season's chill.

Winter literally brings peak consumer demand for regional molasses distributors, marking a surge in public appetite for the mysterious, darkly bold syrup that seems a throwback to another ...

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